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EWTN News explains: How is Catholic Communion bread made?

The rules governing the production of bread for Communion hosts date back to the Last Supper and the custom of unleavened bread.

‘It’s always the Holy Spirit’: Meet 3 dioceses seeing large numbers of priestly ordinations

Multiple dioceses throughout the U.S. are bucking national trends and seeing large numbers of men discern into the priesthood.

45 years after its first broadcast, EWTN has become the largest Catholic media network in the world

With $200 and 12 nuns with no television experience, Mother Angelica turned a monastery garage into a television studio launching what would become the largest Catholic media network.

Spanish priest helps over 1,200 people find a spouse using WhatsApp

Using a questionnaire and a few important criteria, Father Fernando Cuevas has helped singles who want Christ at the center of their lives to find each other.

Massachusetts abortion law ‘horrendous,’ top Catholic bishop says

Here is a roundup of recent pro-life and abortion-related news.

Vatican says 2 parishes in Buffalo will not have to close amid diocesan merger plan

Multiple parishes in the diocese have been fighting Bishop Michael Fisher’s proposed merger plan for several years.

Is the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary a holy day of obligation this year?

The obligation to attend Mass on the solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary depends on what day it falls on.

Archbishop Coakley says loss of federal funds ended resettlement services but not core mission

Coakley discussed immigration on EWTN’s “The World Over with Raymond Arroyo.”

Surrogate mother who refused to abort baby gives birth amid ongoing legal dispute

A baby born to surrogate mother McKenna West is receiving medical care in a Dallas children’s hospital.

What happened to St. Maximilian Kolbe’s beard? The answer may surprise you

The last image taken of the saint before his final arrest was notable for what it didn’t show — his signature long beard.